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THE PEE: OMAHA. SATUKDAY. tr.KKUAKIC 18, IV.
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Experiments of
League Costlv
to North Dakota
cutmtie uniirruliiiiN The fiitrem I brought the rt'dn of the tjt to
oi'ttouton onl4 Mipu U who! ww that ouuide csniul M4vt Norlh
U4Kuv iirc-cum an 4 ijul4te h i lUkou wide lirtth, IVf no
' HiauMfirt, (jomnor rto orgy el speeuUiiun in North Uak'H
l'ratlicully I'vcry Project
taMMicd ly Nonpartisan
Ojertf J at a I Ant to
Slate Wal? Kxposft!,
By ARTHUR SEARS IIENN1NG.
Omaha IU U4 Wire.
Bismarck, N. IX, I'rb. 17-Wlitih.
tr it the ship of state drifting in
North Dakota fur the L.l seven
jt4r, the tfue f the most re
markable experiment in ute oviJ
inn iii America?
lt' had to ay, hut with a fit
nnry iiij i;eif rul election coming
on tlii year, wiili the initiative, the
referendum ami the recall it the dit
tOM of the votrrs and with the
electorate all "htt ttj" over the nitua
lion, it would cmi a if the folks
out this way ought to know within
the next fix iituuthf where they are
lir.ided.
North Dakota hat paael through
an orny of socialistic rxprrimritt that
would fiil the soul ot Lcnine with
envy, for out here they have been
doing it with real money and plenty
of it at lcaM, until the crah came.
I'onvinced that they were the vic
tim of metropolitan profiteer who,
lirat down the price paid for their
grain and livestock and booMed the
price exacted for everything they
consumed, the farmers united in the
militant Nonpartisan league, took
possession of all branches of the state
Kovernmrnt in V)l$ and proceeded
to inaugurate state ownership of
terminal elevators, flour mills, pack
in if houes and cold storage plants,
state inspection of cram and grain
dockage, exemption of farm improve
ments from taxation, Mate nail insur
ance on the acreage tax basis and
rural credit banks to be operated at
cost.
, Then they established chains of
co-operative stores, founded newspa
pers to represent their cause and en
tered npon numerous other undertak
ings in which they sank millions of
dollars.
Not Howling Success.
A couple of years ago it began to
be perceived than the experiment
was not workintr out so successfully
as had been anticipated. Such under
takings as had reached the operating
stage showed a loss and enormous
waste, political manipulation of the
state industrial funds for private
benefit! and various rakeoffs exposed,
taxes increased and the credit of the
state suffered.
Reaction against Townleyism
culminated last October in the recall
of the members of the state indus
trial commission, chief of whom was
Governor Lynn Frazicr, the farmer
whom the Nonpartisan league had
placed in the executive office. The
program of state socialistic ventures
was not repudiated but the new gov
ernor, R. A. Nestos, and other mem
bers of the new industrial commis
sion received a mandate to eliminate
waste and graft and rcstorethe state
industries to a business basis.
Battle Still Raging.
The battle still, rages. The Non
partisan league is fighting to regain
full power and to continue the so-
Ukii'g a tiio4crat stand. He would
complete the state elevator nd !nir
mm tiiiurr ron,tru'tfn "! Irani.
f rrt the state bank into a purely
rural cred.t iititutiun.
A few elenient hst been plumped
Into the fituaijun by the appearance
Of prtitioiii ur the irtiliulwii i'l 1 1
new U, proposed, by Juda'e lob.
jtuon o the supreme court wh was
fleeted a a Nonpartisan Irague
candidate. Judge Kobiuton would
repeal iiiinicroiii las and make
some tiew run, incMing one pro
vid'iig that all unpaid real estate (au
ra lor the last three )tar be frdtiffd
SO pre rent, all interest prnalties and
costs cancelled and property tax sales
in the lat two years c xrrpt to bona
Idle purchasers be declared void.
Big Lost Reported.
After making a survey of the in
dustries created under the leaitue
regime the XcMnt administration has
reported that a o of about $6UM)
on these undertakings has been dis
covered up to d ue. The governor
expressed the opinion that the state
hail insurance institution i the only
feature of the league program that
has worked out satisfactorily si far.
Several Iniudrrd thousand dollar!
were wasted by unbusinesslike1
method in the construction of the
Crand Fork elevator and Hour mill,
according to the officer of. the- "
aftininikiiatioii. thouuli this is denied
by league leaders who nsert that the
uroiect would nave oeen columns
within the orisinal estimates had
not hren tor the bier rise in the cost
of material and labor. About Jl.ioo.
000 has been expended 10 far and it
will require $I.4K).0M more ana an
mlirr vrr In roinnlete the nlatlt.
The flour mill at Drake, which
wan nurthased for SJo.UOO. has been
closed down as a complete failure.
Its product could not be marketed
successfully in competition with that
of the capitalistic millers and it lost
$75,1100 ill two years.
The Bank of North Dakota, which
wa to have saved the farmers troni
the exactions of capitalistic bankers
incurred a loss on its banking ohm
nes which is estimated at $J80,0OO.
Its private banking department is
being liquidated, but the policy of
the new administration is to retain
the bank as a depositary of state
and municipal funds and as the base
of operation of the rural credit sys
tern.
Favon Rural Credit System.
Governor Nestos believes that the
rural credit system can be made a
great boon to the farmer when it has
been reorganized and placed on a
self-sustaining basis. The extent of
the losses believed to have been in
curred by the rural credit system
under the league administration has
not been ascertained. About $2,700,
000 has .been loaned, some of. it on
worthless security, according to the
governor.
Another undertaking was the build
ing of h(ncs which were not to ex
ceed $5,000 each in cost for any
person who was able to pay $1,000
down. The state built 51 houses at
a cost of $490,000, although the limit
of cost had been fixed at $250,000.
Only one was built on a farm and
only onj for a laboring man. Many
were built for officials of the state
administration and 'other' leaders in
the league. A city, house built fpr
one state official cost $21,000. This
venture is being abandoned at a loss.
One benefit the league conferred
upon' the state inadvertently. It I
faim land. f0nequrnt!y lets inlla
lion than in neighboring agricultural
naiet and lo stunk in the postwar
Two More Candidates
F3e for State Offices
Lincoln. Feb. 17. (Special ) Two
more candidates idrd nomination
paper in the tflie of D. M. Am-
berry, secretary of Mate, today,
Judge W. R. liesn, after erving
a ix-yrr term on the supreme
itench, aked fr re-election front
the Sixth Judicial district. Judge
Dean come froju Broken Bow.
I'nder the law, upreme court ins-
tire are on a nonpartisan ballo.
District Judge V. II. Vetver of
Kuahville ha announced that he alo
will be a candidate for the supreme
pench trom that litnct
t'lorian Jacob of Broken Bow hat
filed for the republican nomination
for state senator in the 2J district.
embracing Blaine, Cutter. Loup and
alley counlie., Jacobs wa the
Custer county representative in the
lower house last winter and at the
pecial icssion.
InrcJti Farmer MUVt
Death to Save Fatlier' Hotly
Lincoln. Feb ' 17. (Special.)
Harry Hatenbuehler risked death
thi afternoon t drag the lifele
body of hit father, Anton Hatzcn-
buehler. from a burning barn on
the- family farm near Lincoln. The
father was burned to death.
The son left bis father in the barn
shortly after dinner and went to
work in an adjoining field. Half an
hour later he saw the ham in
flame. He i reported badly burn
ed. The origin of the fire is' not
known.
Military Court Sentences
Commuter! hy Governor
Lincoln, Feb. 17. Two of the
sentences imposed bv the military
court at Nebraska City upon per
sons alleged to have violated orders
of martial law were commuted by
Governor McKelvie. Hugh H. Sey
mour, sentenced to jail for seven
months, will serve three months
tinder tlje 'commutation and Ernest
Watson, sentenced to six months,
will serve three. The other cases
appealed to the governor were untouched.
Retail Jewelers Elect
New Officers at Lincoln
Lincoln. Feb. 17 (Special.) Of
ficers of. 'the "-. Nebraska Retail
Jewelers' association elected today
at the close of the 17th annual con
vention are: Fenton B. Fleming,
Lincoln. president; Roberti A.
Goodall, Ogallala, vice president: Ed
ward B. Fanske, Tierce, secretary
treasurer; P. A. Hannis, York;
Robert Meyer. Grand Island, and
Theodore Simms, Grand Island, ex
ecutive committeemen.
Jack the Clipper" Severs
Tresses of Norfolk Girl
Norfolk. .Neb.. Feb. 17. (Special
Telegram.) V,hie Agnes Arneke, 14,
was asleep m her' toom, -someone
entered and cut off part of her hair.
August Arneke. the-' father, is ask
ing the police to. investigate. .
Will Retire at End
nf His Present Term
vSsV
Johnson to Quit
as State Engineer
More Lucrative Employment
Reason Given Will Re
main for Highway Fight.
Lincoln, Feb. 17. (Special Tele
gram.) George h. Johnson, state
engineer, announced today he would
tender his resignation at the end of
his present term in January, 1923.
More lucrative employment offered
was given as the reason, lonnson
stated that he talked to Governor
McKelvie of resigning in September
and then learned that an attempt was
beinor made by democrats to drag
state road nuuuing imo poiuics.
I immediately made arrangements
with my future employers, who
promised to hold the position open
until the end of my term," Johnson
said. "I decided that under the cir
cumstances it was my duty to re
main in office and fight the thing
through. As far as the state is con
cerned, we have a complete report of
every dollar spent and are ready and
waiting for the investigation commit
tee to meet."
Johnson was appointed state eng;
ncer by Governor Morehead in
1915 and has held the same position
under various governors since that
time. When he took the office there
was no road building program :
his staff numbered four people. In
the summer of 1921 the staff num
bered 750.
The state of Nebraska is payint
Johnson $5,000; the position he will
accept in January will pay htm $12,
000 a year. ,
' The first and last original dramas
of Shakespeare are "Two Gentlemen
of Verona, written in 1570, anu
"The Tempest," written in 1611.
Kansas City Man
Will Be Judge at
Debate on Grain
War Lahor Hoard Concilia
tor Selected ly Farmers;
Rrand May Represent
rickell.
William I'. Harvey, vice president
and s""3' manager of the J'cnn
Manufacturing, company. Kansas
City, Mo., lias been selected by rep
rescntativc of the United States
Grain Growers, Inc., as one of the
three judgci for the debate at Lex
j iugton, Nib., on whether speculation
commonly called gambling, ii
menace to the marketing of grain.'
Jhe debate will be held March 4
Ralph T. rickell, Chicago, editor
of l lie Koundup, precipitated the
ornate when he issued a challenge
which was accepted by George C.
jewett. I'ortland, Ore., vice president
ot me gram grower association.
Labor Board Conciliator.
Mr. Harvey during the war was
assistant to former Tresidcnt Taft
and Frank Wal.-h on the war labor
board. In this capacity he acted a
conciliator in settling hundreds of
disputes between capital and labor,
ins record in this work and experi
encc m adjusting nittercnces were
largely responsible lor his selection
as a judge.
Walter Dill Scott. nreirleiit
Northwestern university. Fvanston
III., was originally reported as the
judge selected by Mr. Fickell.
Charles J. Brand, manager of the
American Fruit Growers' association.
Fittsbtirgh, is now reported as the
second judge. The two judges will
select tne third man.
Nebraskana Are Urged.
J. N. Norton, oresident of the Ne,
braska Farm Bureau federation, and
Frank Myers, former manager of
tne Acbraska farmers Union ex
change, Omaha, are being urged for
me imra juage.
The debate was arranged by John
Tacobson of Lexington and will be
under the auspices ot the Chamber of
Commerce. Reservations have been
made from all parts of the United
Mates.
T al-- a.
(rrucie mere is a
persistent cough or '
general rundown
condition, there
Scott's
Emulsion
is a positive help.
Scott Bowna, Bloomfi.ld, N. J.
ALSO MAKERS OF
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IIHJ0ID5
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f (Tablats or Granules)
I FaBlNnitrCTIAU
JHIWiJ
Man Dies Instantly
When Kicked by Mule
NVhra-U (iiy. N'rlu Feb. 17.
(Special.)-Harry Fillers. ,W, a farm
er rending northwest of hrre, was
kiikcd It v g mule and in.unily
killed. While he u turning hi
mulr into a cornfield, one of the
annuals, in panning through the gate,
kicked hint in the nerk. He i sur
vived by a wile and two small children.
HlooilhouitiU on Trait of
Iiicnidiarir at Danhury
MeCut k. NVb., Feb. 17. (Spe
rial,) Danhury, thi county, ha
been visitor! several time the lat
week by incendiaries and blood
hounds have been called into service
to lorate the guilty partie without
sueccs so far. Two liiiildmu lm
been fired and preparations made to
lire tne unru one.
School to He Dedicated at
Wept Point, February 22
west t'omt, jNct., i-ert. 17. v
cial,) The board of education hai
set Wednesday, February 21, as tin
date for the dedication of the new
chool building. I he day will In
given over to general school cxer
cics and a program will be pre
senteti in tlic evening.
Farmer Optimist fa Over
M heat Despite Pry Sprll
Friend. Neb, Feb. 17. tSpecial )
N'oiAiih.iaudiMir the continued drv
weather, farmer in thi pan of the
'4c ic ii'intiii'e attorn tne con
dition of winter wheat. Several say
the wheat will come out all right in
the spring, provided, hownrr, that
the moUture comra as the (ion ge.
cut of the ground.
Fire Destroy Frame Farm
House Near IVlruka City
Nebraska City, Nib.. Feb. 17.
(Special) The two-.t.irv frame
hou.e on the Will Davi (arm wet
of the citv was drttroyrd by fire at
nignt. w nen tne lire was uncov
ered .y J, S. O.born, ho reside!
on tlip Mm, the rntiie rruiid story .
of the building W4 ahlae. Neigh.
lr aiiefeeded ill sanity ,4i ( ,
hou.rhuM jjuoda, I he tirr vat
caused by a drfectiso rliinuiey.
Mexican IMeada Cuilty
( to Murder at idirev
a
Sidney, Neb,, Feb. 17. (Special )
Cicero Fstrada, Mexican, wlu wat
arrested at Greeley, Colo, f.ir the
murtler of Sieve Faun at Sidney i
week tan, was arraigned (or pre.
luniiury hearing liere and pleadel
pinliv. He wa bound over to the
iitrii t court, now in rum, and be
will have bi tu.il withui I he next
week.
RHEUMATIC ACHES
QUICKLY RELIEVED
t I 1HE TlicVintf. nanntAntr rtiait.
B , rw r. if ...ww-
I matte ache is quickly relieved by
,..i,n'.. cu..'. i :: . f...i..
It Pentlraltt without rubbint.
For forty years, folk all over the
nn.l.l k.... I-.. I CI 1 .L-
wwim iwtv luuiiu .iiuau m Ilia
best pain and ache liniment. Ask your
neighbor.
You can j'ust tell by its healthy,
atimulating odor that it is going to do
VOU eood. Sloan' I.inimpnf ia rU-an
and non-skin-staining.
Keep Sloan t handy for those sudden
ana unexpected actacu ot neuralgia,
lumbago, Kiatica, lame back, stilt
lvifl,. - i
luiiiko, Djiaiua auu strains, onuses.
Sad weather after-effects.
At all druggists 35c, 70c, J1.40.
HdDa
Liniment
$rSaie$ro
Men's Sweaters, heavy shawl
at1::: $1.00
Men's Union Suits sjj QQ
Men's Dress Shirts J QQ '
50c Cashmere "i AA
Hose, 3 pair V 1 UU
$2.00 House frl ff
Slippers 4lsUU
J. HELPHAND
Clothing Co.
314 North 16th Street
D.
ex.
! isteoj
knew,
"our obliK
arc yn --t
Far Cold..1
and aa a Prtv.
BROMO QVININK
Our Meo's F Stocks
Have Been Greatly Augmented by Late Hour
Purchases to Meet Special Requiremants and
Im Spite off tlhe Lairge Ctfo.wds
Attending the Sale of the Entire Scock of the
Wa s Mi g to mi lh ir t C o m p a o y
THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF BARGAINS
At - About
Men's Socks Men's Gloves
Men 's Nightshirts
Men 's Sweaters Men's Hats
You Can't Beat Values Like
Those Offered in This Sale!
Men's Furnishings Main Floor South
Men 's Shirts Men 9s Ties
Men's Pajamas
Men 's Underwear
You Can't Beat Values Like
Those Offered in This Sale!
Men's Hats Fourth Floor South
Follow the Crowds Saturday and Obtain High Quality Goods at Low Prices
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Spring Togs
for the Juveniles
TVTADAME FASHION, it seems, knows
-L'J- quite a lot about children and she
has evolved for them some extremely at
tractive clothes for Spring wear.
The Store of Specialty Shops is. now ready
with an array, whose superior quality is in
stantly manifest, and whose prices are at
tractive, too.
Frocks
For the girls 8 to 16.
What "young lady" wouldn't enjoy wearing one ol
these Dresses of Crepe-Knit, Georgette, Crepe de
Chine or Canton Crepe. They are made in such de
lightful styles and in such dainty colors, as well as
black and white. Priced from
$17.75 to $45.00
SPECIAL SATURDAY
DRESSES FOR THE GIRLS
from 8 to 16, made of trico
tine, serge, wool, jersey and
taffeta. Navy and brown.
Very specially priced at
10
Girls' Shop Second Floor
SHOES THAT FIT
It is important to secure a perfect fit for tiny grow
ing feet; that is why we are so careful to carry all
sizes and widths. They must not be too short or too
narrow, neither must they be too large. Bring the
youngsters in tomorrow and get them a well fitting
pair of shoes. .'
Shoe Shop Main Floor
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For the
Little New
Baby
Dainty, indeed, are the fine
hand-made frocks for his Little
Majesty. Coats, sacques, quilt
ed robes, stockings, booties everything, in fact,
that a baby could possibly need are here. Intelligent
salespeople are waiting to help you with your selec
tion of complete layettes.
For the Tiny Tots
Tha moat fascinating little frocka, coata, aweat
ara and underwear are here for the tiny tota of
2 to 6 yeara. Bis pocket., bow., frill and
ribbona adorn them in every poaaible way.
Infants' Shop Second Floor
:ldredgehreynolds co.
Irie Store of Specialty Shops.
ADVERTISEMENT.
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(Aids to Beauty)
Here is a home treatment for re
moving hairs that is quick, painless
and inpimpnsive: With some now-
dered delatone and water make
enough paste to thickly cover the ob
jectionable hairs, apply and after 2
to 3 minutes rub off, wash Jhe skin
and it will be left soft, clear and
hairless. I his treatment win not
mar the skin, but to avoid disap
pointment, be careful to get real
delatone. Mix fresh as wanted.
The Readers of The Bee
Have Faith in Our Want
Ads. Why? Because They
Are Mutual Friends.
AD. RTISEMENT.
Rub on Sore Throat
Musterole relieves sore throat
quickly. Made with oil of mustard,
it is a clean white ointment that will
not burn or blister line tne oid-rasn-loned
mustard plaster.
Just Bpread It on with your fingers.
Gently but surely It penetrates to
the sore spot and draws out the pain.
Get Musterole at your arup store to
day. 35 & 65o in jars & tubesj hos
pital size, $3.
BETTER THAN A MUSTARD PLASTER
Baby Wants Coticura
It Keeps ffis Son Soft
Smooth and Clear
Baby's tender aldn requires mBd, sooth.
ing propertiee audi at are found in the
Cuticura Soap. Ointment and Talcum.
The Soap it so sweet, pure and deaaciax
and the Ointment to soothing and healing,
especially when baby's akin ia irritated.
Cuticura Talcum la also ideal for baby.
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